december 3 classical

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DECEMBER 3

available 3rd December call-off 23rd November

Valery Gergiev front cover Opera Now December

Strad Recommendsharmonia mundi HMC902124 Isabelle Faust Bach Partitas vol. 2

Gramophone Choices, November harmonia mundi HMC902124 Isabelle Faust Bach Partitas vol. 2 La Dolce Volta LDV08 Talich Quartet Debussy & Ravel Signum SIGCD300 Mendelssohn Elijah Naive V5304 Nora Gubisch & Alain Altinoglu - Ravel Melodies

IRR Outstanding November Opera harmonia mundi HMC902119/20 Smetana Bartered Bride Orchestral Naïve /Ambroisie AM207 Berlioz et al BelAir Classiques BAC068 Opera Berg Wozzeck [also Opera Now Choice]

Opera Now Choiceharmonia mundi HMC902126/28 La Finta Giardiniera/René JacobsBelAir Classiques BAC068 Berg Wozzeck

LABEL OF THE YEAR: NaiveCONCERTO : HMC902105 Beethoven, Berg/Isabelle Faust, Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado

BAROQUE INSTRUMENTAL: HMC902113/14 Bach Overtures/Freiburg BarockorchesterDVD DOCUMENTARY: Owsley Brown 811063011090 Music Makes a City, Louisville DVD

ORCHESTRAL: ONYX4061 Martinu Symphonies/BBCSO, Jiri Belohlavek

RELEASE DATE3RD DECEMBER 2012

Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/ChambermusicCatalogue No: HMG508392/93Barcode: 3149020839218LOW MID PriceFormat: 2 CDPackaging: digipackJerusalem Quartet

CONCERTS: 16th November Wigmore Hall

Schumann Piano Quintet [hmc902122

wt Alexander Melnikov]

17th November Bath: Wolf/Mozart

18th November London Jewish Cultural Centre

21st November Queen Elizabeth Hall: Schubert/Beethoven

SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartets

Jerusalem Quartet

A judicious coupling of Shostakovich recordings by the Jerusalem Quartet who have won BBC Music Magazine Awardsno less than three times.

String Quartets 1, 4 & 9 (previously available as HMC901865)Chamber Choice, BBC Music Magazine“their internal balancing is unimpeachable, their ensemble immaculate and corporate intonation remarkably true.” Julian Haylock, The Strad, May 2005

“technical brilliance, warmth of tone and a surprising level of interpretative maturity combine for a remarkableprogramme.” Rob Cowan, The Independent, 10 May 2005

"With pristine intonation and ensemble, it beats the competition hands down. Superb." Anna Picard, The Independent on Sunday, 22 May 2005, *****

“Their playing is expressively wide-ranging, technically brilliant and utterly convincing, and ranks with the finest of theirpredecessors.” Carl Rosman, International Record Review, June 2005

String Quartets 6, 8 & 11 (previously available as HMC901953)***** The Times

“revelatory and outstandingly recorded performance [of the Sixth Quartet]” Benchmark recording, BBC Music Magazine, May 2007, *****/*****BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008

“These young players ‘fit’ the music so closely, and it in turns suits their style so well, that the pieces seem almost to playthemselves… the recorded sound is outstanding.” Tully Potter, theStrad Selection, The Strad, May 2007


Label: MariinskyFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: MAR0533Barcode: 822231853329NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 HYBRID SACDPackaging: specialMariinsky OrchestraValery Gergiev

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 in C major 'Leningrad'Mariinsky OrchestraValery Gergiev

Valery Gergiev continues his Shostakovich symphony cycle with an emotionally-charged performance of the SeventhSymphony. Shostakovich dedicated his Symphony No 7 to the defiance shown by the citizens of Leningrad in the face ofNazi totalitarianism. Despite the widespread reassessment that has since taken place regarding the inspirations for hissymphonies, the ‘Leningrad’ symphony remains a highly-potent symbol for the residents of modern-day St Petersburg.Previous releases in Gergiev’s Shostakovich cycle have included Symphonies Nos 1 & 15, 2 & 11 and 3 & 10. Betweenthem they have received two Grammy Award nominations, as well as Chocs from Classica (France) and Editor’s Choicesfrom Gramophone.Gergiev will conduct Shostakovich symphonies with the Rotterdam Philharmonic in December, and complete the Brahms& Szymanowsky cycles with the LSO in London. In January the Mariinsky orchestra will perform a number ofShostakovich symphonies with Gergiev in France and in February they return to Russia for performances of Shchedrin’s'Dead Souls' and Strauss’ 'Elektra'.

ALSO AVAILABLE:Symphonies 1 & 15 MAR0502PERFORMANCE ***** SOUND ***** "Impressively recorded in the sumptuous acoustics of the new Mariinsky concert hall" BBC Music Magazine

Symphonies 2 & 11 MAR0507PERFORMANCE ***** SOUND **** "His vast experience as an opera conductor pays real dividends in maximising the theatricality ... gripping performance"BBC Music Magazine

Symphonies 3 & 10 MAR0510Gramophone Editor’s Choice

Performance ***** (No.3) **** (No.10) Recording ****"Gergiev works wonders with the Third… wonderfully expressive woodwind playing" BBC Music Magazine

RELEASE DATE17TH DECEMBER 2012

Label: Alia VoxFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: AVSA9895Barcode: 76199863989526 FOR 2Format: 6 SACDPackaging: sacd bookLa Capella Reial de CatalunyaHespèrion XXI,Jordi Savall

Erasmus von Rotterdam: In Praise of Folly

La Capella Reial de CatalunyaHespèrion XXIJordi Savall

This new project is a Tribute to Erasmus (1466-1536), a Dutch Renaissance scholar, known as the 'Prince of theHumanists'.Using humanist techniques for working on texts, he prepared important new Latin and Greek editions of the NewTestament and also wrote 'In Praise of Folly', 'Handbook of a Christian Knight' and many other works.Erasmus lived against the backdrop of the growing European religious Reformation; but while he was critical of theabuses within the Church and called for reform, he kept his distance from Luther and Melancthon and continued torecognise the authority of the Pope. His middle of the road approach disappointed and even angered scholars in bothcamps.Jordi Savall regards him as a model of wisdom and tolerance.

SACD 1 features highlights of the Praise of the Folly (recited in French) mixed with 22 “Folias”, including 5 newrecordings and 17 pieces from“La Folia” and “Altre Folie”.

SACD 2 and 3 feature new recordings of music from the times of Erasmus, mixed with texts by Erasmus and Luther(recited in French).

SACD 3, 4 and 6 contains themusic of CD 1, 2 and 3 without the spoken texts.

Each set contains a unique code to download the spoken textsin Flemish, English, German, Castillan, Catalan and German on the internet.


Label: Alia VoxFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: AVSA9894Barcode: 7619986398945SPECIAL PriceFormat: 1 HYBRID SACDPackaging: 1000 pp sacd bookJordi SavallHespèrion XXILa Capella Reial de Catalunya ISBN: 978-84-616-0174-5

Pro Pacem / For Peace

Jordi SavallHespèrion XXILa Capella Reial de Catalunya

BINCHOIS: Da pacem, Oracles Sibylins, Taksim, Le Coran, En to stavro pares tosa, Invocation Hebrea, Las HUELGAS:Flavit auster, Planctus: Pax In nomini Domini (instr.), JOSQUIN: Da pacem a 4 & a 6, O Mater Mundy, ANON:Senhora del mundo, PARABOSCO: Da Pacem, TYE: Lawdes Deo à 5 (instr.), ANON: Sepharade, Elpandel’aflición, GUERRERO: O Domine Jesu Christe, di LASSUS: Da pacem, Lachrime Caravaggio, Planctus Caravaggio II, Lachrime Caravaggio, Deploratio IV, PURCELL: In Nomine in 7 parts, Ave Maria Chinoise, Arvo PART: Da PacemDomine, Da Pacem, Duduk-duo en mineur

'Pro Pacem' consists of 23 pieces from the Alia Vox catalogue with repertoire from 5 centuries of music; of GillesBinchois (XVth Century) to Arvo Pärt (new recording).The cover art was designed by Catalan painter Antoni Tapiès shortly before his death in February. The 1000-page bookfeatures texts by renowned writers, like the French scholar Edgar Morin. This is an essential contribution by Jordi Savall about the world as it is and as it should be, thanks to the power of music.


Label: ApartéFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: AP045Barcode: 3149028024623NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackSandrine Piau [soprano] Christophe Dumaux [alto] Emiliano Gonzalez Toro [tenor] Ensemble PulcinellaOphélie Gaillard [cello, direction] CONCERT: Sandrine Piau4th December Wigmore Hall wt the Nash Ens.

BACH AriasArias with piccolo celloSandrine Piau Christophe Dumaux Ophélie Gaillard

Mein gläubiges Herze, BWV68, Choral Schübler, BWV645 n°1, Woferne du den edlen Frieden, BWV41, Ich, deinbetrübtes Kind, BWV199, Jesus ist ein guter Hirt, BWV85, Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV6, Ich bin herrlich, ichbin schön, BWV49, Es dünket mich, ich sehe dich kommen, BWV175, Choral Schübler, BWV 650 n°6, Bete aber auchdabei, BWV115, Ich fürchte nicht des Todes Schrecken, BWV183, Es ist vollbracht, BWV159, Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr JesuChrist, BWV639, Georg Melchior HOFFMAN Schlage doch gewünschte Stunde, BWV53

Ophelie Gaillard has made recently a deep impression with the Suites for cello solo by Jean-Sebastian Bach. On thisnew recording, dedicated to the Cantor of Leipzig, she gathered her close team from the Pulcinella Ensemble and invitedsome of the most talented soloists: Sandrine Piau, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Christophe Dumaux. This programme gives a vision of the most beautiful cantatas written by Jean-Sebastian Bach in Leipzig from 1723 to1750, interspersed with some of the masterpieces from the 'Schübler' Chorales and Orgelbüchlein.

With a passion for Baroque music played on period instruments, Pulcinella is a group of virtuoso soloists, gathered in achamber spirit around cellist Ophélie Gaillard. Highly experienced musicians, who attach great importance to sound andarticulation, they explore some of the major works of the repertoire, while aiming to present little known or unknownpieces as well.Part of Pulcinella’s repertoire is devoted to important 17th- and 18th-century works for concerted cello, of which it is oneof the foremost ambassadors. The ensemble’s first recording, devoted to Vivaldi’s complete Cello Sonatas (onAmbroisie) was highly acclaimed by the international press in 2006. The following year its tribute (with Sandrine Piau andRolf Lislevand) to the cellist and composer Luigi Boccherini also received excellent reviews, including praise from TheTimes.Pulcinella works with singers including Nuria Rial, Salomé Haller, Sandrine Piau, Max Emmanuel Cencic, Xavier Sabata,Christophe Dumaux, Carlos Mena, Dietr ich Henschel, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, who are among its guests at majorfestivals, such as those of Saint-Denis, Beaune, and Santiago de Compostela, and at venues such as the Cité de laMusique and the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.


Label: ApartéFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: AP044Barcode: 3149028024524NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackLes Cris de Paris, choir & orchestraMarianne Crebassa [mezzo-soprano]Baptiste Lopez [violin]Geoffroy Jourdain [direction]

SCHUMANN: Missa SacraMissa Sacra Op. 147, Vier doppelchörige Gesänge Op. 141Les Cris de Paris

From the last creative period of Schumann, the 'Missa Sacra' is a wonderful piece, but almost unknown, probablybecause of the circumstances of its composition. Originally written for choir and orchestra, Schumann wrote a version forchoir and organ, which he sent, under a pseudonym, to an English composition competition. The piece was revealed onlyafter his death at the insistence of Clara Schumann and only the Kyrie and Gloria were performed in Schumann'slifetime.So this is a real rediscovery made by Geoffroy Jourdain and Les Cris de Paris, revealing, for the first time on periodinstruments, with, as soloist, one of the most talented current young singers, the mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa.Th e little known Missa Sacra is beautifully orchestrated and is coupled with the a capella double choir Opus 141 byGeoffroy Jourdain in a very German Romantic programme.


Label: Signum ClassicsFile Under: Classical/SecularVocal musicCatalogue No: SIGCD314Barcode: 635212031421NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalDavid John Pike [tenor]Isabelle Trüb [piano]

Whither must I Wander?English Songs by Vaughan Williams, Finzi and QuilterDavid John Pike

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Songs of Travel, From Five Mystical Songs: I got me flowers, Love bade me welcome, The Call,Silent Noon, Linden Lea, Blackmore by the StourFINZI: Let us garlands bring, Op.18 QUILTER: Three Shakespeare Songs

Centred around Vaughan Williams' 'Songs of Travel', this collection of English song brings together three now influentialfigures in the world of British music – Vaughan Williams, his contemporary (in age rather than compositional approach)Roger Quilter, and the younger Gerald Finzi (whose work 'Let us Garlands Bring' was composed to mark RVW's 70thbirthday). The texts used are drawn from a variety of sources: from traditional 'Dorset' songs, through settings ofShakespere, to the central song-cycle of poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Baritone David John Pike has a widely varied repertoire covering early music, oratorio, symphonic, opera andcommissioned works. In his native Canada, in the UK and across Europe, he has worked with leading ensemblesincluding Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London Philharmonic and theSchweizerkammerchor under the direction of Christophers, Dutoit, Jurowski, Marriner, Mehta, Rattle and Zinman. Henow has a growing reputation as an operatic and concert soloist.


Label: Signum ClassicsFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: SIGCD315Barcode: 635212031520NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalThe Rodolfus Choir, Ralph Allwood [conductor]

Edward ELGAR: Go, song of minePart-Songs and Choral WorksThe Rodolfus Choir, Ralph Allwood

Drawn from across the composer's lengthy career, this collection of Part-Songs and Choral-Works explores the greatvariety and range within Elgar's work for choir and voices. Along with more well-known works such as 'Love' and 'Deep inmy Soul' there are early pieces such as 'O Salutaris hostia' (composed for small amateur choirs) that give hints of hislater mature style, through to the 1928 piece 'I sing the Birth' – a work that shows Elgar's ability to adapt to morecontemporary styles of 20th-century choral composition.

The Rodolfus Choir have established themselves as one of the leading youth choirs in Britain, made up of singers agedfrom 16 to 25 who have been chosen from past and present members of the Eton Choral Courses for prospective choralscholars. Many members of the Choir are choral scholars, some are at music college, and most hope to make a career inmusic. The Rodolfus Choir and Ralph Allwood are well-known for imaginative programming, and for presenting newmusic. The Rodolfus Choir’s recent CD recordings with Signum include music as diverse as Howells, Monteverdi, Grier,Tallis and the German Romantics.

"One can only marvel at the group's remarkable collective skill and cohesion" Fanfare Magazine

Go, song of mine, Op. 57As torrents in summer[from Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30]O salutaris hostiaMy love dwelt in a northern land, Op. 18, No. 3Ave, verum corpus, Op.2, No.1I sing the birthLove, Op.18, No.2The Prince of SleepFour Choral Songs, Op. 53O Hearken Thou, Op.64Ave Maria Op.2, No.2 Ave Maris Stella Op.2, No.3


Label: DelphianFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: DCD34115Barcode: 801918341151NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalThe Marian ConsortRose Consort of ViolsRory McCleery

An Emerald in a Work of GoldMusic from the Dow PartbooksThe Marian ConsortRose Consort of Viols

For its second Delphian recording, The Marian Consort have leafed through the beautifully calligraphed pages of thepartbooks compiled in Oxford between 1581 and 1588 by the Elizabethan scholar Robert Dow, to present a deeplysatisfying sequence of some of their brightest jewels. Sumptuous motets, melancholy consort songs and intricate,harmonically daring viol fantasies are seamlessly interwoven, all brought to life by seven voices and the robust plangencyof the Rose Consort of Viols in the chapel of All Souls College, Oxford – where Dow himself was once a Fellow.

The Marian Consort is a young, dynamic early music vocal ensemble founded in Oxford in 2007. Combining academicinsight with high levels of performance practice, the ensemble predominantly explores the repertoire of Renaissance andearly Baroque music with its director Rory McCleery. They are joined by the Rose Consort of Viols, which takes its name from the celebrated family of viol makers, whosework spanned the development of the English consort repertoire.

MUNDY Sive vigilem, STROGERS A doleful deadly pang, In Nomine a 5 (No. 2), Non me vincat, Deus meus MALLORY Miserere a 5 GILES Vestigia mea dirigeWHITE In Nomine a 5, Justus es, DomineBYRD O Lord, how vain, La verginella TYE In Nomine TALLIS O salutaris hostia PARSONS Retribue servo tuo, Ave Maria ANON Come Holy Ghost, ['Roose'] Dum transisset SabbatumRUFFO La gamba MAILLARD Ascendo ad Patrem meum VERDELOT Madonna somm'acorto Van WILDER Je file quand Dieu me donne de quoy, Pour vous aymer j'ay mis toute ma cure


Label: ELOQUENTIAFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: EL1237Barcode: 3760107400376NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackEnsemble Vocal AedesMatthieu Romano [direction]

Ludus Verbalis Volume 2Ensemble Vocal Aedes

BRITTEN: Sacred & ProfanePhilip LAWSON: A Yeats TrilogyMARTIN: Songs of ArielMARTINU: Ctyri madrigalyRAVEL: Trois ChansonsPOULENC: Sept ChansonsHINDEMITH: Six Chansons

Through this second volume of secular music, the Ensemble Aedes continues their exploration of a cappella choral 20thand 21st centuries. In the wake of the first record (EL1128), they have selected 7 cycles where the word, its sound, andspace for play and imagination are at the centre of the musical creation. Eclecticism is thus once again put forward: amidst William Butler Yeats, Rainer Maria Rilke and Guillaume Apollinaire,we find William Shakespeare and Paul Eluard or anonymous texts bequeathed by the people and traditions frommedieval England or Moravian folklore, and a cycle which the writer is none other than the composer himself.This disc also illustrates how culture and literary tradition of a country can shape, inspire, influence and sometimesdictate a mode of songwriting and vocal, especially when the composer appropriates a language that is not his own. Sacred texts, like secular texts, are treated as madrigals depicting human passions. This cycle invokes the last twovolumes that will complete this series.


Label: Radio FranceFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: FRF009Barcode: 3149028025224NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackPatrick Messina [clarinet]

Orchestre National de FranceRiccardo Muti [conductor]

Philharmonia Quartett Berlin:Daniel Strabawa, Christian Stadelmann [violins]Neithard Resa [viola]Jan Diesselhorst [cello]

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto, Clarinet Quintet K581

Patrick MessinaRiccardo Muti

Mozart had a veritable passion for the clarinet, making it the protagonist of his 'Kegelstatt' Trio, his Clarinet Quintet K581and, of course, the Concerto K622 of 1791.In 2007, Riccardo Muti, conducting the Orchestre National de France at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, calledupon Patrick Messina, principal clarinet with the ONF and visiting Professor at London's Royal Academy to execute thiswork in an exceptional way, with a halo of introspective sadness.The audience and critics alike were ecstatic. Alain Cochard wrote in Classiquenews.com:

"Rather than the solemnity of the work, Messina exalted its true nature, revealing its fascinating and ineffable ambiguityof emotion. No need to insist on the superior technical means that the soloist deployed, on his perfect sound control. Thelyricism and refinement of his interpretation was transcendent. The Mozart of Messina breathed with great naturalness.Moreover, an overall equilibrium of the work was preserved throughout the Allegro finale by performers making a point ofnot rushing in, after the deeply moving but simple dignity of the "Adagio". The purity of style, the subtle shadings of thisconception seemed to belong to another world and will remain grafted in our memories for a long time to come. Just asPatrick Messina will surely remember the thunderous applause he received when Muti, hidden amid the ranks of thestanding violins, allowed him to fully savour his triumph."

Clarinet Concerto, Theatre des Champs Elysées 14/4/2007Quintet 2008, Teldex studios


Label: La Dolce VoltaFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: LDV121.7Barcode: 3770001901565SPECIAL PriceFormat: 7 CDPackaging: box setTalich Quartet:Petr Messiereur, Jan Kvapil [violins]Jan Talich Sr. [viola]Evzen Rattay [cello]

BEETHOVEN: The Complete String QuartetsTalich Quartet

With the 16 string quartets and the final Grande Fugue, Beethoven revolutionised this demanding format, to which hedevoted himself from the end of the 18th Century up to his death. Listening to these works one by one is to follow thecomposer's evolution step by step as their language becomes ever more powerful and complex.What do we experience today when we listen to Beethoven quartets?We of course appreciate them based on such or such a school, or on traditional interpretations like those by the Talich.Yet the sheer boldness of the cycle's composition still has listeners enthralled nearly two centuries after it was written.It's not as much the level of concentration required, making any kind of "easy listening" moot, as it is its timeless, vitalenergy that is so compelling for listeners today.

‘the Talich play with an expressive but unadulterated naturalness, perfectly modulated tempi, an acute sensitivity toshape and structure and a beautifully understated reciprocity.’Michael Quinn, Gramophone, June 2003

“In its 55-year history, the Talich Quartet, which performs all over the world, has included a number of prestigious Czechmusicians. Its musical style, approach and philosophy are revealed in its international award-winning back catalogue.”


Label: Praga DigitalsFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: DSD250290Barcode: 3149028012026NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 HYBRID SACDPackaging: cristalMichal Kanka [cello]Miguel Borges Coelho [piano]

TCHEREPNIN: Complete Works for Cello and PianoCello Sonatas Nos 1-3, Ode, The Well-Tempered Cello, MystèreSongs & Dances Op. 84Michal Kanka

The famous Russian pianist-composer, who became an American citizen in 1958, was as well known in 1930s Paris asStravinsky and heir to a number of Slav cultures in Europe and Asia. In the course of long visits, he also analysed themusic of the Far East (China, Japan, Korea...), endeavouring to find a common language in the various folklores hediscovered. Myriad one-page blochki ('little fleas') as well as 6 piano concertos, 4 symphonies, 3 operas, cantatas,choruses, songs, etc. offer up a surprising literature, and for cello and keyboard, a vivid, virtuosic repertoire,authenticated by its folk sources.


Label: Praga DigitalsFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: DSD350063Barcode: 3149028020823NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 HYBRID SACDPackaging: cristalSviatoslav Richter [piano]

SCHUBERT: Piano worksPiano Sonata No. 21 D960, Impromptu Op. 90 No. 4, Piano Sonata No. 13 D664Sviatoslav Richter

Richter conquered Paris with these Schubert scores. The last and immense Piano Sonata No.21 in B flat major, D960(1828) stayed a long time in his repertoire chasing the 'small' sonatas. He captures the brillant ambiguity of this series ofexclamations, more a cycle of impromptus than a real sonata pace Beethoven; its strict architecture opposing itsinstinctive imaginativeness. Richter exudes overwhelming charm over an isolated Impromptu before respecting thepost-Mozartian baroque approach in the 1819 'small' A major Sonata D 664. Recorded September 24 1972 [D960], June 10 1956, June 10-11 1962. Previously available as PR254032 [1994],CDM78726/7 [1993]

ALSO AVAILABLE:DSD350056 Rachmaninov Piano Concertos 1 & 2DSD350058 Grieg, Dvorak Piano ConcertosDSD350061 Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Diabellis


Label: Praga DigitalsFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: DSD350091Barcode: 3149028028829NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 HYBRID SACDPackaging: cristalArturo Benedetti Michelangeli [piano]Philharmonia Orchestra Ettore Gracis [conductor]

RAVEL, DEBUSSY: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Gaspard de la Nuit, Piano Concerto in G, Valses nobles et sentimentalesChildren's CornerArturo Benedetti Michelangeli Philharmonia Orchestra

A tribute to Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, a veritable mythic and unpredictable Italian pianist,; a perfectionist with acarefully chosen repertory in which Scarlatti's works joined those of Debussy and Ravel, while the great Germanromantics, from Beethoven to Brahms, were magnified and exalted, showing the soundness of their construction. Thenumber of his recordings is limited, with mostly works by Debussy and Ravel and a few by Beethoven. He used to buypirate live discs of his concerts as presents for his friends instead of his 'official' recordings! Here is a French anthologycollecting legendary renderings of his inimitable touch easy to recognise by its ductile nature and the purity of his style. Arevived masterpiece.

Recorded Live May 22 1960 London [Gaspard, Concerto], February 12 1952 [Valses], June 3 1960 [Debussy]


Label: MirareFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: MIR198Barcode: 3760127221982Price: tbcFormat: 3 CDPackaging: box setBrigitte Engerer [piano]

Brigitte Engerer Box SetSAINT-SAENS: Piano Concertos 2 & 5SCHUBERT/LISZT: Hymne à la NuitTCHAIKOVSKY, MUSSORGSKY, RACHMANINOV: Souvenirs d’enfanceBrigitte Engerer

“a pianist of rare stylistic and intellectual sophistication, impeccable technique and probing musicianship, the authority ofwhich derives not least from its unerring emotional integrity.” International Record Review

Souvenirs d’Enfance"With its perfectly judged intimacy of tone, this charming collection of miniatures evokes Russian childhood worlds. Asshe digs into the keys, you sense the major pianism Brigitte Engerer is holding in reserve, but her Tchaikovsky is by turnsexhilarating, dreamy and full of infectious delight, and there are some lovely surprises in other pieces.” Album of theWeek, The Independent, 5-11 May 2007, *****

“a delightful disc.”BBC Music Magazine, June 2007, *****/*****

Saint-Saëns Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 5 [MIR079]"there is no doubt that Engerer, Quinn and Ensemble Orchestral de Paris bring much to this music, not least seriousnessof purpose, and an appreciation of Saint-Saëns’s rapacious invention, skilled craftsmanship and ability to entertain to thehighest values of the word.” Colin Anderson, International Record Review, April 2009

Liszt Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses [MIR084]“Engerer’s are interpretations that are extraordinarily thoughtful, sympathetic and deeply felt.” International RecordReview, January 2011


Label: MirareFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: MIR197Barcode: 3760127221975Price: tbcFormat: 3 CDPackaging: box setAnne Queffelec [piano]

Anne Queffelec Box SetCHOPIN: De l’enfance à la plénitudeMOZART: Pièces pour pianoHAYDN: Sonatas & VariationsAnne Queffelec

Three of the finest albums by Anne Queffélec presented by Mirare together in one box at a special price.

Haydn Keyboard Sonatas MIR104

“Fine rhythm and articulation illuminate her playing…cherishable.”Nalen Anthoni, Gramophone, February 2010


Label: AuditeFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: AUDITE92672Barcode: 4022143926722NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 HYBRID SACDPackaging: digipackPiano Duo Mona & Rica Bard

Pas de Deux: French Music for Piano DuoMILHAUD: Scaramouche, RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnoleBIZET: Jeux d’enfants op. 22POULENC: Sonata for two Pianos & ÉlégieMona & Rica Bard

Winners of a number of awards, the sisters Mona and Rica Bard now present their first CD, a pas de deux though 80years of French piano music. At one and at two instruments, they create a panorama of piano sound, ranging from thesimulation of orchestral colours, percussive and motoric élan to the suggestion of an intensive song-like quality. WithBizet‘s Jeux d’enfants, Ravel‘s Rapsodie espagnole and Poulenc‘s Sonata for Two Pianos, this SACD contains three'secret' masterworks by their respective composers. With its combination of elegance, irony and samba rhythms, theScaramouche Suite quickly became Darius Milhaud‘s most popular work.Four hands, two sisters, one pulse – Mona & Rica Bard have won national and international awards at competitons;among them the German Music Competition, the Concorso Internazionale di Musica da Camera Palma d`Oro (FinaleLigure) and the Concorso Internazionale per Duo Pianistico Twenty Fingers (Rome). The Ensemble was accepted in theNational Selection of Young Artists’ Concerts of the German Music Council and in the artists’ list of the associationYehudi Menuhin – Live Music Now.Extensive concert engagements have taken Mona & Rica Bard throughout Europe, to Asia the USA and to numerousfestivals such as the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the NCPA May FestivalPeking and the Chicago Piano Duo Festival.


Label: AuditeFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: AUDITE92653Barcode: 4022143926531NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 HYBRID SACDPackaging: cristalDavid Blunden & Johannes Strobl [organ],Choralschola Cappella Murensis, Bossart organs from 1743, Abbey Church ofMuri

Music for two organs The Viennese Habsburg Court of the 17th century David BlundenJohannes Strobl

Priuli • Valentini • Ebner • Froberger • Kerll • Poglietti • Techelmann • Leopold I

The present SACD – recorded in the Abbey Church of Muri, which was founded by the forefathers of the Habsburgs – isdedicated to the organ music at the Viennese Habsburg Court of the 17th century. Leopold’s father and grandfather hadalready given music important status in their running of the Court. With the practicing musician Leopold I (1640 -1705),who often led rehearsals and performances himself, the Viennese Hofkapelle (Court Chapel) became one of the mostsignificant European music institutions of the time. Important musicians such as Johann Jakob Froberger, Johann KasparKerll, and Alessandro Poglietti found employment in Vienna as Court Organists. A selection of their compositions ispresented here as well as additional works from the baroque and early Baroque period by Priuli, Valentini, Ebner andTechelmann and by Emperor Leopold I himself.Alongside genuine organ works the recording also contains intabulations of double-choir motets and canzonas. Withthese arrangements, the two organists Johannes Strobl and David Blunden tie in with the tradition of their historicalpredecessors and can present the two magnificent Bossart organs from the year 1743 in the Abbey Church of Muri bothas solo and duetting instruments in excellent fashion. Sources from the music archive of the Vienna Minorite Monasterygive evidence for the time around 1700 that Gregorian chant was not sung a cappella, but with organ accompaniment.This practice, which is hardly ever observed today, is taken into consideration in this recording.


Label: Piano ClassicsFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: PCL0046Barcode: 5065001863493MID PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalAmir Tebenikhin [piano]

PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonatas 4-7-8, ToccataAmir Tebenikhin

Prokofiev’s sonatas nos. 7 and 8 are the so called 'War' Sonatas, as they were composed in one of the darkest periodsof history, the 2nd World War. Though there are no direct programmatic hints to the war, the atmosphere is brooding,menacing, even sinister in places. Episodes of quasi-innocent lyricism alternate with outbursts of threatening violence.The young Russian pianist Amir Tebenikhin presents gripping and compelling interpretations of these works. Eschewing obvious and 'sportive' virtuosity, he delves deep into hidden layers of emotions, seeking the inner power and truth ofthese masterworks.

Amir Tebenikhin enjoys a worldwide career, giving concerts in Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Salle Pleyel and others. Heis prize winner of International Competitions (Vianna da Motta, Queen Elisabeth, Anton Rubinstein Competition), andwas in 2011 awarded the Deutscher Pianistenpreis.


Label: Piano ClassicsFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: PCL0047Barcode: 5065001863516MID PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalZlata Chochieva [piano]

RACHMANINOV: Piano Sonata No. 1, Chopin VariationsZlata Chochieva

Two rarely played pianistic masterworks by Rachmaninov on one disc. The first Piano Sonata and the Chopin Variationssuffer unjustly from the fame of their elder brothers (The Second Piano Sonata and the Corelli Variations), yet they aretruly the works of the same genius, in their broad and expansive romantic language, their pianistic glittering and bravuraand their true Russian Soul. They are close to the heart of the young Russian pianist Zlata Chochieva, who makes withthese pieces an impressive debut on Piano Classics. Zlata’s technique knows no limits, but it is her exquisite musicaltaste, her innate melodic feeling and sweeping passion that impresses her audience most deeply. The winner of severalimportant Piano Competitions she embarks on an international career.

Stephen Kovacevich said of her: “Zlata Chochieva is one of the most interesting and unusual pianists of today. She has superb technical abilities, but it isher personal intuition in the music she plays that is special…I would be interested to hear anything she does, and that israre…”.


Label: WergoFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: WER6858-2Barcode: 4010228685824NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalMarco Blaauw [trumpet solo]Nicola Jürgensen [basset horn solo]Ensemble musikFabrik / Peter Rundel[conductor]

STOCKHAUSEN: Michael's Journey Around the World

Eingang und Formel (Entrance and Formula), Erste Station (First Station): Germany,Zweite Station (Second Station): New York, Dritte Station (Third Station): Japan,Vierte Station (Fourth Station): Bali, Fünfte Station (Fifth Station): India,Sechste Station (Sixth Station): Central Africa, Siebte Station (Seventh Station): Jerusalem Mission ,Verspottung (Derision), Kreuzigung (Crucifixion), Himmelfahrt (Ascension)

'Michael's reise um die Erde' is the second act of the opera 'Donnerstag' [Thursday] from the 7-part, 7-day opera cycle'Licht' by Karlheinz Stockhausen, a cosmic world theatre in which three protagonists set the tone: Michael as Prince ofAngels who appears in human shape to lead mankind to God; Eva as Power of Love, of Life; Lucifer as fallen angel andadversary. To each of these three figures has been assigned a characterising melody (or formula/leitmotif). These threethemes unfold through the musical action of the entire opera cycle.'Donnerstag' is for 14 performers (3 voices, 8 instrumentalists, 3 dancers) plus a choir, an orchestra and tapes. Thoughnot the first part of Licht to be started, it was the first opera in the cycle to be completed, being written between 1978 and1980. Thursday is the day of the archangel Michael, and the story is centered around this character. Thursday's exotericcolour is bright blue and it's planet is Jupiter. Each opera and each act can stand alone.In 2008, after performances in Vienna, Cologne, Venice and Dresden, the ensemble musikFabrik performed 'Michael'sReise' twice at the Théâtre Bobigny in Paris at the Festival d'Automne. The production created in collaboration withCarlus Padrissa from Catalan theatre company La Fura dels Baus was received with great enthusiasm by the audienceand received great acclaim from the press and the public. This live recording of these two successful concerts is releasedby WERGO as part of their edition musikFabrik. Following the world premiere of 'Mittwoch', this August, by Birmingham Opera/Graham Vick, as part of Festival 2012,interest in this mighty 29 hour project is high!

Also available:MO782097 Stockhausen - Helikopter String Quartet [Mittwoch]WER6736-2 Stockhausen - Zodiac for organWER6659-2 Stockhausen - ZodiacHMU807408 Stockhausen Stimmung/HillierWER60135-50 Stockhausen - Piano Pieces 1-11WER6267-2 Stockhausen - MantraWER6717-2 Stockhausen - Kontra-punkteWER6772-2 Stockhausen - Zyklus, Klavierstuck


Label: WergoFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: WER6747-2Barcode: 40102286747292 FOR 1.5 Format: 2 CDPackaging: cristal slimSabine Liebner [piano]

FELDMAN: Early Piano PiecesSabine Liebner

CD 1: Intermissions, Variations, Nature Pieces for piano, Extensions 3, Piano Piece 1952, Three Pieces for Piano, PianoPiece 1955, Piano Piece 1956CD 2: Last Pieces, Vertical Thoughts 4, Piano Piece (to Philip Guston), Piano Piece 1964, Piano

Together with John Cage, Earle Brown and Christian Wolff, Morton Feldman is ascribed to the New York School ofMusic. Feldman's music is characterized by minimalist structures (although he was never close to the minimalism ofSteve Reich or Philipp Glass) and contemplative sounds (without being “meditational music”). His works are based onthe concept of “lessness”, i.e. they do not want to express anything and follow no logic of musical development.Nevertheless, his works are of utmost complexity and require an extremely sensitive interpretation that is focussed downto the last detail.The piano pieces compiled on the present two CDs cover a period of composition of almost 30 years. Feldman wrote forthe piano throughout his life; he loved this instrument, which he also played. The spectrum of pieces presented heretherefore represents a good cross-section of his entire compositional output.

Also available:John Cage: Etudes Australes (WER6740-2 4 CDs)"one of Cage’s most deliberately complex works … [Liebner’s version is] expansive and dynamically varied" International Piano Sept/Oct 2012

Earle Brown: Abstract Sound Objects (WER6745-2)


Label: WergoFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: WER6763-2Barcode: 4010228676327NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalThomas Hell [piano]

LIGETI: Etudes pour pianoThomas Hell

In 1985 György Ligeti produced an entire volume of piano etudes, to which he added two further volumes in the followingsixteen years. Quite a few people in New Music circles then reacted with a lack of appreciation and understanding:Whereas the lively piano etude tradition of the 19th century – inextricably linked with Czerny, Chopin or Liszt – wascontinued by Bartók, Debussy or Stravinsky at the beginning of the 20th century, this tradition no longer existed by theend of the 20th century. The etude appeared to be a relic from another time.Ligeti had various reasons for these compositions: He was concerned to revive a great musical tradition and to exploreits potential in a contemporary form. Furthermore he liked to play the piano himself, although with “inadequate pianistictechnique”, as he once remarked. Apparently, it was sufficient to create some of the most difficult works for piano in theentire piano repertoire: “The anatomical situation of my hands and the configuration of the piano keyboard determinedthe products of my imagination.” His piano etudes have also to be seen in the context of his admiration for the greatpiano literature from Bach to Debussy. Furthermore they are exercises in polyphonic writing and playing technique, withpolyphony here having to be understood in a considerably expanded sense. For Ligeti’s piano writing is not onlypolyphonic in the customary sense, but also polyrhythmic, poly-temporal, and even poly-ethnic (he uses material fromvery different European and non-European musical cultures – from the Balkans via Africa to Asia). In the end, his pianoetudes are considerably more than mere technical exercises. Each piece is at the same time a poetic miracle,transcending its given musical and technical tasks.


Label: WergoFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: WER6956-2Barcode: 4010228695625MID PriceFormat: 3 CDPackaging: box setJean Françaix [piano, cembalo, speaker]Claude Françaix [piano]Bläser Ensemble Mainz, Bläser EnsembleAmadé/Klaus Rainer Schöll SO des Südwestfunks, Baden-Baden/PierreStollRSO Saarbücken/Emile NaoumoffCarole Dawn Reinhart [tr], Agathe Wanek [p],Emanuele Segre [g], John Dvorachek [dr] Südwestdeutsches KO/Hans RichterIchiro Noda [double bass]

Jean Françaix 100 Anniversary Box

CD 1: Françaix par lui-même Variations sur un thème plaisant | Cinq portraits pour piano | Concerto pour deux pianos |Concerto pour clavecinCD 2: Divertimento Concerto pour guitare | Oeuvres pour instruments à ventCD 3: Jean Françaix et... Haydn | Schubert | Mozart | Chopin | Chabrier

Jean Françaix’ declared motto of always having aimed to create "musique pour faire plaisir" partially conceals the greatvariability and frequent inscrutability of the music created by this composer, born in Le Mans in 1912. Françaixsucceeded in finding and consolidating his own style at an early stage and became known almost overnight in 1932:According to the critic Heinrich Strobel, this work communicated the impression of "fresh water gushing forth from thesource with the elegant originality of all natural elements – and at the same time appears as the creation of an artist witha clarity and awareness seldom observed in our time." He retained his mastery of composition which effervesced withingenious ideas and musical humour and his ability to combine musical grace and irony up to an advanced age.2012 sees the 100th birthday of Jean Françaix. In an anniversary box, WERGO has compiled selected works fromoriginal recordings (CDs and LP from our program), showing the wide range of music by the French composer andpianist.


Label: Actes Sud MusicalesFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: ASM08Barcode: 3149028009927NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CD+BOOKPackaging: cd bookVanessa Wagner [piano]Pascal Dusapin [music, photographs]

DUSAPIN: Etudes Pour Piano Nos. 1-7

Vanessa WagnerPascal Dusapin

"Pascal Dusapin is a photographer of the second kind, a sculptor of light; when composing music, his role is similar: tosculpt time. Dusapin in his compositions of symphonies, quartets and operas coerces time to reveal itself by forcing itthrough the constraints imposed by his volutes, arabesques, flows and directions.When he photographs the great metropolises of the world, he strives to subjugate space and succeeds as he forces it tofit into a frame where it remains fixed." Michel Onfray

This CD-Book is composed of Pascal Dusapin's studies for piano performed by the pianist Vanessa Wagner andphotography by the composer as well as text by Michel Onfray. The aim is to create an all-encompassing workexpressing the close relationship between the artist's musical production and his photography. Vanessa Wagner isDusapin's preferred performer amd he has written piceces specifically for her.


Label: Mode RecordsFile Under: Classical/ChambermusicCatalogue No: MODE245/46Barcode: 764593024521NORMAL PriceFormat: 2 CDPackaging: cristalSonar QuartettAllen Ginsberg [voice]

Walter ZIMMERMANN: Songs of Innocence & ExperienceSonar Quartett

10 Fränkische Tänze (1977), Keuper (1980), Festina Lente (1987), Songs of Innocence & Experience (1996/2004) 23 Ritornels for string quartet & tape Allen Ginsberg [voice], Die Sorge geht über den Fluß, Taula/Novo Ben (2003)

This is the first complete recording of Walter Zimmermann’s string quartets.The '10 Fränkische Tänze', from the project Lokale Musik (Local Music) explore the folk music of Franconia in Germany.They are built on research of old peasant books of dances, some dating back to the early 19th century and the beginningof the notation of folk music. The many dance melodies including waltzes, Schottische [German polka], mazurka, galopetc. are captured, rejected and presented in just intonation, lending them an archaic character. It can be performed withor without a drone, both versions are presented here.'Songs of Innocence & Experience' is a composition with 20 ritornellos after William Blake’s cycle of poems 'Songs ofInnocence'. The spirit of each poem is condensed and projected onto children songs, which Zimmermann recorded onthe streets of Nuremberg. The songs were transcribed with all their intonation inaccuracies and with their repeatedphrases which point to both the recollection and forgetting of the melodies. These recordings as well as Allan Ginsberg’sinterpretation of Blake’s 'The Tyger' poem are interwoven into the quartet. 'Festina Lente' explores the phenomena of listening to the fast music within the surface of slow passages and to the slowmusic within the surface of fast passages.'Die Sorge geht über den Fluss' [Care Crosses the River] for solo violin is based on the 220th Fable of Hyginus, fromwhich it takes its title. Zimmermann composed the piece like a diary: “Each day, I composed one line and if that was notthe case, a rest with a fermata replaces sound, so that the structure of the diary from January 1, 2000, to April 1, 2000,produces the form alternating between composed and silent portions.” 'Taula/Novo Ben', for viola with voice (one performer), is the first of the cycle of works written for instrumentalists whoalso sing. This project creates a new, extremely demanding discipline. They are not just simple songs, but a performer’schallenging investigations of his/her instrument and his/her voice. At a time of much specialization in new music, thiscycle leads back to the basic forms of music making which date back to the troubadours for whom it was natural toaccompany their own vocal performances, although their songs were easier. Composer supervised recordings by Germany’s Sonar Quartett.

Liner notes by Walter Zimmermann and Rainer Pöllmann. Cover art by Nanne Meyer.


Label: StradivariusFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: STR57913Barcode: 8011570579133NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackDhau:Pietro Luca Congedo [percussions, electronics]Luca Barbieri [vocals]

Luca CONGEDO: James Joyce, Notturno, Frammenti elettrofonici di Finnegans Wake

Stato I, Spongia Noctis [barbagli di macchina arteriale]Stato II, Sinfonietta pornologica [o dell'operina d'un mascellone]Stato III, Ex putri materiaStato IV, Burlando ignicola [o del parlar per lingua lecca]Stato V, Escroquerie philosophique?Stato VI, Scarnito edentuloStato VII, Noterelle intorno al sistema di produzione o del lavorio d'ominide [per Ferruccio Rossi Landi]Stato VIII, Industria tenebrosa [sul corpuscolato timbroritmo]

Electrophonic fragments from 'Finnegans Wake' by James Joyce: a very peculiar CD in which the lyrics which areextracts and quotations from the famous novel by James Joyce, which then 'breed' the music itself and give life todifferent states of mind. This experiment by Pietro Luca Congedo [b.1977] is really something new and it represents aspecial encounter between literature, imagination and music.


Label: StradivariusFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: STR33927Barcode: 8011570339270NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalCiro Longobardi [piano]Agostino Di Scipio [computer & live electronics]

John CAGE: Electronic Music for PianoCiro LongobardiAgostino Di Scipio

I 4-7II 8-13III 22, 23, 26, 30, 31, 37-39IV 55, 56, 53, 54, 57, 60-64, 66-68V 45, 41-43, 51, 52VI 69-84VII 30, 31x4 (coda)

From the liner notes by Ciro Longobardi: “A hotel letterhead paper, filled with enigmatic handwritten instructions – first to be deciphered, then interpreted – beforea David Tudor performance in Stockholm. That’s how the “score” of Electronic Music for Piano (1964) appears, half arebus, half a cryptic message. Yet, at a close reading, we soon get to know about the basic piano materials, consisting ofthe pre-existent series of pieces entitled Music for Piano 4-84 (1953-56). At that time, Cage was searching for a “fast”procedure of composing, which could help him in particular circumstances, without completely replacing I Ching chanceoperations. In those pieces, all written for Merce Cunningham, the composer exploited the imperfections of paper sheetsin order to graphically fix and notate pitch and noise events in the score. It is worth briefly reminding the particularprocedure (Cage wrote about it in an article first appeared in 1957, To Describe the Process of Composition Used inMusic for Piano 21-52). First, a master-page is made including four musical systems each with two staves (with enoughupper and lower room for leger lines) and an additional staff in-between for the notation of noises to be made inside oroutside the piano. On another transparent sheet of paper, the imperfections are penciled, in a number determined by IChing tosses. Then, this transparent sheet is placed upon the master-page and the penciled marks are inked either onthe staves, on the leger lines or by the noise middle line. Further chance operations determine the clefs and soundfeatures (whether the note should be natural, sharp or flat, whether it should be performed on the keyboard, muted orplucked”). Each piece is numbered and included in a series of sixteen (except number 20 and numbers 1, 2, 3 and 85,these latter being outside the range 4-84 to be used here). Accordingly, there are 81 pieces available, which can beperformed as separate pieces or in a sequence, with or without intermission, by one or more pianists - therefore evenoverlapped.


Label: Winter&WinterCatalogue No: 910201-2Barcode: 025091020126MID PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackUri CaineTeodoro AnzellottiLorenzo & Vittorio GhielmiSusanne RydenAaron Zapico, Forma Antiqva

Baroque Music in the 21st Century

15 years ago, in 1997, Winter&Winter issued their first production with Bach's solo cello suites. Producer Stefan Winterand Paolo Beschi developed this sound project in Beschi's house at Lake Como in order that the performance for aconcert audience took place with different rules than for the creation of a recording. This record is intended for theattentive and curious listener. As a result Winter&Winter have produced 200 new productions since.It might be expected that jazz would be the mainstay of Winter&Winter and therefore it might seem surprising thatbaroque music is a focal point in the label's works, however, Stefan Winter's roots lie in the area of early music. In hisyouth he visited the music boarding school St. Gotthard in Niederaltaich. Dr. Konrad Ruhland teaches there. In the '60sand '70s Ruhland, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and other great artists developed the historical performance practice ofrenaissance and baroque music. Winter experienced the music of the Leonhardt Consort and the Concentus MusicusWien with Il Giardino Armonico, founded in 1985, belonging to the next generation after Harnoncourt and Beschi being afounding member. 2012, 15 years on, Winter&Winter publishes the 201st album 'Baroque Music in the 21st Century'. Uri Caine's version ofVariation 18 from the 'Goldberg Variations' featuring Ghielmi's gamba quartet and Caine's improvisation on theSilbermann piano leads the journey through the world of baroque music from the 20th century to the threshold of the 21stcentury. Also this music is recorded at the Villa Medici-Giulini. Producer Stefan Winter looks for these unconventional thinkers, who confidently transform the ancient scores into theirown music and who sometimes also cross the boundaries to jazz. Uri Caine improvises with Vittorio Ghielmi, ErnstReijseger plays Bach, Teodoro Anzellotti discovers the baroque accordion, Freitagsakademie abducts the BrandenburgConcertos from the concert hall and Aarón Zapico transforms sorrow, sadness, passion, love and happiness into sound;with youthful verve: the baroque era in the here and now.


Label: K617File Under: Classical/ChambermusicCatalogue No: K617241Barcode: 3383510002410NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackParaguay BarrocoAlexandre Chauffaud [conductor, harpsichord &organ] Jessica Bogado [soprano]

Paraguay BarrocoVIVALDI: Sinfonia RV116, Concerto for 2 cellosZIPOLI: Mia bella Irene, MONTEVERDI: Damigella tutta bellaCanzon adel Cusco, COMPANON: Lanchas para Baylar, Tonada la LataFERNANDES: Xicochi conetzintle, Zuipaqui, Tupasy Maria, Trio Sonata Paraguay BarrocoAlexandre Chauffaud

For 20 years, Les Chemins du Baroque (the Paths of the Baroque) have developed a specific programme dedicated toLatin American baroque music and musicians. 'Paraguay Barroco' is the most recent baby. Located in the capital city ofParaguay, Asuncion, this ensemble is conducted by the very young Franco-Paraguayan director Alexandre Chauffaudand composed of a selection of young musicians from all over the country. This album could have been baptized"Paraguay en vivo" as it contains the very best of Paraguay Barroco in concert though the recording was not made live.Latin America now has a new baroque music ensemble. Paraguay Barroco now has its first album.

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